Sunday, December 29, 2013

Set Completed - 1983 Topps Baseball

I finally completed this 792 card set I started back in 1983 when I bought two wax boxes from a small family-owned wholesale/vending company I worked for.
Through the years, these cards have been binderized with space for the many missing cards, taken out of the binder sheets, set aside in a box, used for TTM autographs (many which never came back), and finally rebindered with an effort to finally complete the set.


I also held on to this special offer card that was inserted into wax packs...

And this game card, unscratched.


And I have the blank-back promo sheet featuring the previous years league leaders.

All I need to add is a wax wrapper
and to finish up the update set.


Now my efforts move on the the 1984 Topps set that I started the following year.


I'm fairly close on this one needing only the following cards:
18, 28, 30, 47, 73, 103, 110, 143, 169, 201, 224, 231, 253, 278, 287, 291, 
299, 318, 320, 329, 333, 353, 354, 358, 378, 404, 406, 412, 457, 501, 502, 
557, 585, 615, 630, 635, 643, 674, 677, 686, 712, 730, 736, 738, 761.

You can also find my need list on the above tab.

4 comments:

  1. Congrats on finishing the 83 set!

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  2. Congratulations on completing this set. It's my favorite set from that decade. I love the design and Gwynn is my favorite player of all-time. How many TTM's are in the binder? That's a pretty cool idea for a project.

    Enjoy a safe New Year's Eve and have a great 2014.

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  3. Hey send me an email with your address I have 26 of the 1984's from your need list. I can also email you a picture or 2 of them. Thanks, Dion email: soskinfamily@yahoo.com

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